TY - JOUR
T1 - Western Australian electoral reforms
T2 - Labor finally succeeds
AU - Kelly, Norm
PY - 2006/9/1
Y1 - 2006/9/1
N2 - Australian electoral systems have a history of malapportionment, designed to give added voting weight to rural and remote areas. However, by 2000, all Australian jurisdictions except Western Australia had adopted voting equality within specified tolerances. This paper provides a brief analysis of the Gallop Labor government's efforts to reform the Western Australian system, drawing primarily on interviews with key players involved in the debates, including parliamentary members of the political parties involved. Quotations in this paper are drawn from these interviews, which were conducted in August 2004.
AB - Australian electoral systems have a history of malapportionment, designed to give added voting weight to rural and remote areas. However, by 2000, all Australian jurisdictions except Western Australia had adopted voting equality within specified tolerances. This paper provides a brief analysis of the Gallop Labor government's efforts to reform the Western Australian system, drawing primarily on interviews with key players involved in the debates, including parliamentary members of the political parties involved. Quotations in this paper are drawn from these interviews, which were conducted in August 2004.
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U2 - 10.1080/10361140600849000
DO - 10.1080/10361140600849000
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-1146
VL - 41
SP - 419
EP - 426
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
IS - 3
ER -